Resep Masakan Nusantara: Tahu Campur Surabaya - Indonesian Recipes

Tahu Campur one of popular food from East Java, particularly Surabaya. It's kind of beef soup served with a green salad and bean sprout, egg noodles, fried tofu, truck (spiced fried cassava) "kerupuk bawang" (garlic crackers). Some people might taste a little strange because it Udang Petis (shrimp paste black) inside.

Ingredients/Bahan:

• 1 pack Beancurd (Tahu)
• 250 gr Bean shoot (Cambah/Taoge)
• 1 bunch Lettuce (Selada)
• 4 pcs Dried egg noodle (Mie kering)
• Some fried Garlic crackers (krupuk bawang)

Soup/Kuah:

• 500 gr Skirt/Gravy beef (daging sapi)
• 1 stalks Lemon grass (sere)
• 1 tbsp Coriander (Ketumbar)
• 6 Shallots (bawang merah)
• 3 cloves Garlic (Bawang putih)
• 2 tsp Galangal powder (Laos bubuk)
• Salt (Garam)
• 1 tbsp Palm sugar (Gula merah)
• 1 cm Ginger (Jahe)
• 2 Bay leaves (Daun salam)
• 2 Kaffir lime leaves (daun jeruk purut)
• Water

Directions/Cara membuat:
English:

1. Blend all the soup spices then saute it until it fragrant then put in into a deep pan with beef (already sliced thinly) and water, boil all until the beef cooked and tender.
2. Fried the beancurd, set aside. Soak the bean shoot with hot water for 2 seconds then rinse it.
3. Wash and shred the lettuce, set aside.
4. Make "Sambal Petis".

Serving:

1. Put a tsp of sambal petis, dilluted with little bit soup, then some lettuce on to a deep plate/ bowl, then some sliced fried beancurd, some sliced "Lento", a pinch of bean shoot.
2. Pour the soup and garnish with garlic crackers.
3. Eat with "Sambal Petis" and lime juice.

Indonesian:

1. Haluskan semua bumbu lalu grengseng sampai wangi. Masukkan bersama air dan daging sapi yang sudah di iris tipis2, rebus sampai matang dan empuk.
2. Goreng tahu lalu sisihkan, rendam cambah dengan air panas lalu tiriskan. Cuci dan iris2 selada.
3. Buat sambal petis.

Penyajian:

1. Taruh 1 sdt of sambal petis, beri sedikit kuah, lalu beri potongan selada, potongan tahu, potongan "Lento", cambah. Beri kuah agak banyak, taburkan krupuk bawang.
2. Sajikan dengan "Sambal Petis".

Source : Indonesian Recipes